Expats’ Desires

Expats’ Desires Another forty-sixer today! It makes me so apathetic and dozy. At two o’clock this afternoon I put my head down for forty winks and woke up three hours later! That’s not like me, I haven’t needed an afternoon…

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Expats’ Desires Another forty-sixer today! It makes me so apathetic and dozy. At two o’clock this afternoon I put my head down for forty winks and woke up three hours later! That’s not like me, I haven’t needed an afternoon…
Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi Another day in the forties centigrade! That’s about a fortnight now and is unheard of. Thailand has the odd day at that temperature, but it averages ten degrees lower in its summer.…

Hundred Days Well, believe it or not, the Day of Merit (see yesterday’s post) has seemed to make people happier, despite the fact that one girl’s father has his ‘One Hundred Days’ today, although that is not necessarily a sad…

Merit or Tamboon in Thai Today is a Day of Merit, or Tamboon in Thai, for our village. I don’t know how many they hold per annum, but I’m sure it’s more than one. The day before yesterday, it was…
Tiger Lily 2 or 'Tiger Lily of Bangkok in London' is the story of Lily after moving to London. Will the old Demon of child abuse resurface?

Charisma Famous people, and by that I mean people you see in the press and on TV, are always banging on about the importance of charisma – star quality. You hear about it on all the ‘talent’ contests on TV…

Easter Monday Today is Easier Monday, not in Buddhist Thailand, but there is still something going on and there seems to be every year at Easter. I suspect that it is because Easter is a moveable feast which has something…

Good Friday – Diary 3-4-15 It’s Good Friday, although you wouldn’t know it in Thailand. At least, not in the countryside where I live, but I suspect it’s the same in all but the tourist cities of the south, and…

Tiger Lily of Bangkok 2 As I gazed out of my office window this morning, thinking about Tiger Lily of Bangkok 2, fist-sized balls of candy floss were drifting past. As they snagged on bushes, pieces were torn away by the…

Hung-over and Still Bored Since it was our seventh wedding anniversary on Monday, I treated myself to a ‘pub crawl’ around the village. I put it in inverted commas because there are no pubs where we live and only six…

A Boring Sunday I really can’t understand Kobo’s attitude. I know they won’t write to me today because it’s Sunday, but they blocked selling Behind The Smile II for suspected ‘illegal activity’ yet haven’t answered any of my three emails…

Alzheimer’s and Book Reviews Last night, my wife, Neem, came into my office quite agitated because our neighbour wants to build a wall blocking off the lane entrance. She had already had the materials delivered, but not consulted anyone. Neem…

Advertising My Books on Facebook My experiment in advertising my books on Facebook has been disappointing. I normally promote all my books by any means at my disposal, but for this month, I decided to try selling the Behind…

Mobile Compatibility I decided to check my main web site, this one, for mobile compatibility, ie with smaller devices – phones and tablets. Since it is using the latest version of WordPress, I was pretty sure that it would…
Nil Illigitimi Carborundum, don't let the bastards grind you down, is a phrase that has been on my mind all week. Read on to find out why

Watching Logs I think Amazon has stopped speaking to me. In their last email, two days ago, they said that if we vendors wanted our prices to take account of VAT, we would have to put our prices up…

Gail Our Granddaughter Gail our granddaughter, came back today. She had been with her other grandparents since Thursday because we had to go to Naan on Friday and Neem had to go to Phitsanulok today. She is six months old,…

The Six Nations European Rugby Championships was won by Ireland this year (2015) in an exciting match against England